Due April 2009 - Chapter 29: Why Are we waiting!!! Some still incubating!!

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Here we go Come on easter Baby Bunnies!!!

The baby list...
12 Feb: Skiingone: MARIANNA 4lb 4oz
20 Feb: Glaskham: RUBY MARIE 4lb 3oz
04 Mar: Barbarella: ESTELLA, ROSANNA, OTIS
05 Mar: Kazkiss: ISABELLE FLORENCE 4lb 6oz & OLIVER THOMAS 3lb 7oz
15 Mar: Babypringle: OSCAR WILLIAM 7lb 2oz
28 Mar: Claireykitten: VIOLET ROSE 7lb 9oz
29 Mar: WhatFreshHell: ORBIT BUTTONHOLE FRESHHELL 10lb 5.5oz
31 Mar: Mumblemum: ORSON XERXES
02 Apr: Oddeyes: ELEANOR 9lb 8oz
03 Apr: Bleuravin: MEGAN LILLIAN CONSTANCE
03 Apr: Bumpalump: BABY BUMPALUMP 8lb
04 Apr: BabyBolat: KARAHAN 6lb 5oz
05 Apr: Mrsfossil: ISLA 7lb 10oz
06 Apr: BoffinMum: FELIX DAVID GORDON 7lb 9oz

Still yet to hatch...

01 Apr : Rachelinscotland: DD 3 years, and DS 2 years in March
01 Apr : Juwesm: 1st timer
01 Apr : Chickenbalti: DS 4 years DD 17 months
02 Apr : MathsMummy27: GIRL! DD 3 years
03 Apr : purlease: 1 m/c, 1 DD 3 years
03 Apr : Kalikaroo: SURPRISE! (28), 1st timer
04 Apr : phdlife
06 Apr : ToastnHoney: first timer
06 Apr : Mummyontherun: DD 22 months
06 Apr : pintofstella: DS 5.7
08 Apr : LuLuBai: 1 DD born 02 Apr 07
09 Apr : Minush
10 Apr : hopeful1
11 Apr : Bubbaluv: 1 DS 1yo
11 Apr : SpringySunshine: BOY! 1st timer.
12 Apr : Brettgirl, 1st timer
13 Apr : Dungungirl(30): BOY! 1 m/c, DS 4 years
14 Apr : AuldAlliance: DS3.8 BOY!
14 Apr : Woody2shoes: Second DS
15 Apr : electra
15 Apr : Sarahmum: DS 10yrs
16 Apr : tristaleejac(25): 1 ds, 3 years
17 Apr : Surprisenumber3(32): DS1 9 DSS 9 DS2 5 GIRL!
18 Apr : gingersarah: 1st baby
18 Apr : Lauren61
18 Apr : salbysea: (28) 1st timer
19 Apr : Kittycatisgettingfat (29) 1st timer
20 Apr : lou031205 (29) 3rd DC, DD1 3.4, DD2 19 mo
21 Apr : B52s: DS will be 2 and a quarter
21 Apr : Staryeyed
21 Apr : Schulte
22 Apr : PuzzleRocks: DD 22mths GIRL!
22 Apr : soon2befamilyof4 DD 13 months.
23 Apr : FatandFedup DC3
24 Apr : conkertree (27): DS 17 months
24 Apr : Bronze (Gawain) - 4th DC
24 Apr : Frekkles
25 Apr : Swaliswan: DD 17 months
25 Apr : ReallyTired
25 Apr : TarteTatin
27 Apr : Bicnod
27 Apr : Carameli
27 Apr : ilovesummer 3rd dc
27 Apr : purplemonkeydishwasher DS 3yo
28 Apr : Satheresitting
30 Apr : Nutty Taff (27) DD 5 GIRL

Ah - I am washed and dressed by 7:30 every morning as these builders have a habit of turning up around then (still bits of tinkering to do around the house) and after getting caught out in an extremely transparent nightie the other day I figure it's worth the effort.

Bit concerned about the hygiene factor of my jeans though. There is now only one pair I can get into and I'm scared that if I wash them they will be too tight to hoist myself into and then what?

So Juw - 1 week past due date now. Are they torturing you yet with daily mw appointments / sweeps / threats of nasty painful induction etc?

I am so jealous of all you lot talkng about lounging in pj's etc etc. I have had to be washed and dressed by 7ish up until last Fri to get dd to school and ds is not always cooperative in the morning, oh the joys of 2yr old boys

Kali, no wonder you're frustrated You're overdue & have no easy access to Creme Eggs - I don't know how you're coping! xx Totally with you on the struggling to maintain any sort of grooming - I'm a total state.

Ju, my name was already Eastery! It's Springy!

Nice to see you, DungunGirl Especially with your positivity - we need more of that & I think everyone's struggling now!

Bleu, glad that you've managed to improve one boob - fingers crossed for the other one sorting out soon! xx

Lulu - had a sweep yesterday, and another booked for Saturday if no joy by then. Have had induction booked for Tues, but I am rather about that. If I have the energy and resolve I may refuse that and go for regular monitoring instead. Fortunately no daily appointments yet, though I suspect If I do refuse induction they will want them, and will get quite eggy about the HB. We'll have to wait and see to find out how bothered I really am about everything. I'm not sure if I don't get induced but go over 42 weeks whether I can go to the MLU as a compromise, or whether that puts me into a high-risk category that means they won't take me!

Also, it appears that not all of my plug was stolen!

Off to do a bit more vigorous scrubbing....

LuLu - fab name!! Boing

Grooming??? Hair Brushing??? DRESSING?? what is this stuff??

Hi everyone - apologies, I haven't done any catching up.
Started having contractions last night at around 9pm, not too regular, anywhere between 5 and 20 mins apart. Bearable. Went for a shower at 12.30am and after my shower, while brushing my teeth, looked down to find a trickle of fluid coming out onto bath mat. So I think my waters have partly gone, although no more since. After that, I had sudden need for clearout (bowels), and just a few measly contractions. I managed to get a night of sleep, with a few gaps during the night for pee, contractions every now and then, mind going a bit overboard.
Got up this morning to find no more waters gone and a few randomly spaced contractions. At 10.30 I phoned MW at lovely MLU just to say I thought my waters may have gone. She told me to put on pad and come in at 3pm. I said that I haven't felt any further fluid. She says that when I go in, they'll check pad, do a speculum exam and see if waters have gone.
This is the bit that has had me shed many tears today: She then very bluntly said if waters have gone you have to go straight to main hospital to be delivered within 24 hours.
I just felt my control of this situation slip away from me at that very sentence.
Surely if I'm having contractions, even though they're not close togather yet (maybe averaging 10 mins apart), surely that means my body is starting labour itself anyway?
Oh please help me I'm so confused today and I need you guys to help get my thoughts together before I go in (if you don't mind)
I just feel like all control is going to be taken away from me.

Mw has just been. I'm not going to say what she said as some of you may come round and scalp me. I'm 37+6?

Dh did then suggest name afterwards. the first name hes said that I could consider so we have agreed to compromise on it unless someone comes up with something amazing that we can both agree on soon. I'll let you know that I said he needed a baby nickname so DH has decided to call him Icky (not sure how we'll spell that)

oooh Trista exciting

is there a reason you have to go straight in. will it be a vbac?

Chicka - it sounds like your body is labouring by itself!! i thouhgt it was 48 hours. Be firm and if there is no major risk ask them to leave you be for another 24 hours if thats what you want x

Look at boff and bb their waters went and they were left to be xx

Just a very quick post and will be back later

Purple - that advice was amazing, just before hospital me and Karra had some skin-to-skin feeding and he fed so well, he would have carried on if we didn't have to leave! (actually felt bad making him stop). Bleu, I would def recommend it! He is due another one now so speak soon!!!

Bronze are you imminent???

Bronze - you can't leave it at that!

Trista, unless you have got particularly risky circs, surley there is no reason for them to start worrying until at least 24 hours after waters go, if not 48. Think Boff said her area were happy until 96? Even after 24, I thought they just liked to give antibiotics, not deliver you immediately. And as waters went with a trickle, not a gush, doesn't that mean there's no particular hurry? Don't let them bully you into anything you don't want! Don't see why you can't still go to MLU either. Surely waters breaking is part of the whole process, not reason for panic?

They just want me in to check waters, it's not VBAC.
It's the fact that they seem to be ignoring that I'm having contractions and are wanting to send me to cattle market main hospital instead of letting my body do it's natural thing. I thought that's what the MLU was all about.

Chicka - they like to monitor you 24-48 hours after your waters have gone to check for infection but you don't have to be induced - I went almost 72 hours before they started me off - also they will need to check it is actually your waters first which your mw should do just via an internal!

bronze - spill....

Have they said why cattle market and not MLU? Phone MLU and ask them to explain?

Chicka - Just let them check your waters and go from there and ask to go home and say that you will see them later if there's any more progress.

ah ha ha ha I got the last post!!!! It must have been the pineapple prostaglandin shakes...

BTW, Sainsbury's are selling two MASSIVE sweet pineapples for £2.50, if anyone's keen...

I BOUGHT FOUR...

Come on Bronze!!!

I feel strong enough to refuse induction, I just wonder if MLU will refuse to have me as I have been a pain in the arse and gone against their advice. They might still make me go into hospital for the birth.
I just feel so down now, I feel the lovely birth slipping away and being replaced with shitty hospital production line.

They don't do inductions at MLU, Juw. But I don't see why they have to induce if there are contractions. Even though they are not that regular yet.

Trista that seems very odd. Isnt it a normal thing for waters to break then contractions to slowly establish. I would have thought so in which case its a normal situation so should be ideal for th eMLU ... very odd

Well she said I'll put you down to see you at 39+6 (two weeks) but please call and let me know when you come out so I can cancel it as they dont let us community mws know straight away.
I'm 2/5s still but I asked if I was anymore engaged and shes said I would be pu youdown for more but 1/5 would mean his head was hanging out. Not that hes not close to that

so.....

If you turn up at the MLU, what can they do? If it is time for you to pop, and you refuse to leave, then they will have to provide you with care, I don't see how they can refuse to help you or force you to go elsewhere. It may feel like shooting yourself in the foot to be stroppy to the people who you want to help you, but I'm sure they're used to labouring women being stroppy and demanding!